We now have a rough plan of where we are going over the next few weeks. Southern China needs time to dry out and we have 3 weeks left on our first entry of our visas. We have organized train tickets to Datong via our hostel (leaving on Friday) and are planning on working our way down to Xian (terracotta soldiers) then onto 3 gorges dam before heading East to Shanghai then down the coast to Hong Kong. Will re-evalutate the plan and resources from there but at the moment it looks like we will come back into China on our 2nd entry of our visas and wiggle our way through the southern provinces hopefully to Tibet.
Disclaimer-plan not fixed, may change dramatically depending on situation.

After sorting or plan out, we toddled off to the Ancient Architecture museum. Turns out it is free on Wednesdays. Incredible! We actually got something for free in China. Plus it was practically empty so double bonus. Not a lot to see but some intricate scale models showing how the beams and rafters all fit together like puzzle pieces. Looking for the loo I used the international sign language of a squat motion with immediate result.

A quick once round the Temple of Heaven park (a very big park with endless forests, gardens, more temples and cute chipmunks) followed by another long slog home and we were done for the day.

Caught a Kung Fu show this evening at the Red Theatre. A very Vegas style show. Lots of lights and fog machines. It was really good. Combined a bit of theatre (bit of a cheezy story line), singing, dancing, acrobatics and choregraphed fighting. So we got a bit of everything. Definately worth it.

The weird rash on my legs and feet seems to be slowly fading. My cold however seems to be getting worse. I’ll survive though.

[Pictures: Taking a pic in the heaven, Naughty V snuck a shot in the Kung Fu show]

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